Button.



JOSEPH W. SCHLOSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON.

Specifica/cion of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24:, 1907.

Application fi1ed Merck 25,190'7. Seria.l N0. 364,482.

T0 all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. SCHLOSS, a citizen of the United States,residing at the City of New York, in the county of New York und State ofNew York, have invented certain new and usefu1 Improvements in Buttons,of which the following is a full, dem, and exa.ct description.

My invention relates t0 soft or flexible buttons of the sort which areused on ladies c1oaks and garments, und which are made in varying sizesund shapes.

Buttons of the above dass have been made in the past by taking a sma.ilward or ball of cotton or soft substance, 2L1ld crocheting a coverthereabout. This produces a button which is very soft und spongy in itstexture, which are the trade requirements in this dass of goods. II; is,however, an operation of consider-able difiiculty 150 make the buttonsaccurately and expeditiously in this way. The tuft or wzud of cottonwhich forms the core is lia.ble 130 vary in size, density und shape,since all these factors are determined separately and individually foreach button made, und by 110 other guide than the eye 01 judgment of theworkman or girl who makes these buttons. It is clear tha.t even ifexactly the same amounts of cotton are obtained for two buttons, thatthe buttons a.re 11013 necessarily therefore alike When completed,because one tuft or wa.d 0f cotton may be compressed more tightly thanthe other, or drawn into a different shape. It will be further evidentthat even if the tufts or wads of cotton can be brought into the sameconditions of shape, size and density, that it is difiicult to crochet acover proper1y about an object of Such uncerta.in characteristics anddimensions.

In carrying out the present invention I aim to overcome all of thesedifiiculties by the use of cores 01 fillers which are of: uniform size,shape, textureweight 21Jld. density, which ha.ve sufficient stability ofform to en able the crocheting processes to be readily accomplished butwhich nevertheless produce a button which is very soft and spongy, andwhich has all the characteristics required by tiie trade in this dass ofgoods.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in ehe ieatures ofconstruction a.nd combination hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 shows a buttori core or filler embodying theprinciples of my invention; Fig. 2 shows the completed button; Fig. 3shows how a composite core is formed; a.nd Fig. 4 shows the completedbutton of rounded or globular shape produced thereby.

Referring 130 the drawings in which 1ike parts are designated by t hesame reference sign, 1 indics.tes a disk of fe1t or other spongy butcoherent substance, which is conveniently ma.de by punching out circularportions from 2. fiat sheet of the material of proper thickness. Whilethese disks a.re very soft und flexible and spongy, it is evident thatthey ha.ve nevertheless a definite shape to which they return afterdeformation in tl1e manner of felt and analogous coherent spongysubstances generally. These characteristics of having great softness andfiexibility, und a.t the s-ume time having a definite shape under normalconditions I regard as the important ones for the button core or filleremployed by me. Since the disks are all stamped from sheets of felt ofuniform texture and thickness, it is evident that they are exactiy alikein all matters oi form, size, texture, density and Weight, as required.With a. core or filler of this sort it is merely necessary to crochetthe cover 2 thereon, which ca.n be readily done in view of the definiteshape of the core o1 filler, as above mentioned. The resulting buttons(shown in Fig. 2) are therefore uniform in 2.11 respects, but have allthe softness and sponginess which is inherent in fe1t or similarsubstances which constitutes their core.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated how lauge or globular buttons can bereadily made in accorda.nce with my invention.

3 und 4 denote disks of felt which may be of the same o1 different sizesund which are superposed upon one another. As many of these disks may beused as necessary, and they may vary progressively in size so as tofor1n an approximate sphere in some cases. When a cover 5 is crochetedover this composite core, a spherical button is developed, which is verysoft and spongy. The buttons produced in this way are absolutely uniformin 2.11 respects, and this uniformity is secured without any especialdifficulty for the reasons above described. The covers can be crochetedover the buttons having composite cores o1 fillers as readily as withthose in which a single disk is used. While I h2we described the coversof these buttons 21s crocheted in p1ace, it is evident that they may be0f various fabrics and applied in any desired way.

What I claim, is:

1. A button having a core of spongy but coherent material, and a fabriccover therefor, said cover directly en veloping said core and dependingsolely thereon for its support and shape.

2. A button having a core 0f spongy but coherent material cut t0 21predet ermined shape, and a cover crocheted over the same, said coverdirectly enveloping said core and depending solely thereon for itsSupport and shape.

3. A button having a core formed of a disk of spongy but coherentsubstance of uniform thickness, and a cover crocheted over the Same,said cover directly enveloping said core and depending solely thereonf0r its support und shape.

-1. A button comprising a. felt disk having 21 cover erocheted thereon,said cover directly enveloping said disk and depending solely thereonfor its support und shape.

5. A button comprising a plurality of disks of spongy see,s17

said cover directly enveloping said core and depending 10 l solelythereon for its Support and shape.

In witness whereof, I subscribe my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH W. SCHLOSS Witnesses:

WALDO M. CHA?IN, WM. M. STOCKBRIDGE.

